Calkins: Mongolian girl wins caddie scholarship. (It’s a golf story you won’t believe.)
Grace Amgalan, pictured on on Thursday, July 24, 2025, is a recent White Station graduate who got a full scholarship to the University of Illinois, after receiving the The Evans scholarship for golf caddies. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
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Grace Amgalan was born in Mongolia. She expected to live her entire life in Mongolia. Then her baby brother was diagnosed with a brain tumor. What happened next is a story to gladden your heart.
It’s a story about one of the greatest golfers you’ve never heard of.
It’s a story about that golfer’s very wise mom.
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